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Minonk, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Minonk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61760. The Survey maps it on the Minonk quadrangle. 1,928 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 747 feet above sea level.

Minonk within Woodford County

Population over time

2 figures

Minonk fell from 2,078 to 1,928 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,078
20201,928-150 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Minonk in 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 December 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources200063

Every fire recorded in Woodford County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minonk in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001HailMinonk$100,000Hail ranging from pea to golf ball size fell for at least 20 minutes in parts of Minonk and piled several inches deep. Widespread damage was noted to vehicles in the area, with some minor roof damage to homes. At least 50 vehicles were reported to have between $2000 and $4000 in damage each. Damage estimates are based on minimum damage figures available and is likely higher.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindMinonk$25,000Several power lines were blown down in Minonk.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMinonk$25,000Numerous trees and tree limbs down across the town of Minonk.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMinonk$12,000A large tree and several power lines were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMinonk$7,000Shingles were blown off the Milennium Park Pavilion and a door was blown out at the Sewage Treatment Plant.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMinonk$6,000A power pole was snapped.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMinonk$3,000A 10-inch limb and a baseball diamond fence were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMinonk-A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 75 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMinonk-An NWS Storm Survey in Minonk determined widespread wind damage, including trees uprooted and metal roof panels peeled off, to be caused by 85 to 95 mph straight-line winds.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMinonk-Power line down and two power poles leaning over.
June 2011Flash FloodMinonk-A second band of thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced 1.50 of rain in less than one hour in rural parts of northeast Woodford County. Nearly all rural roads were impassable, and parts of I-39 between Minonk and El Paso had standing water during the late evening due to the accumulated water.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMinonk-A semi truck was blown over on I-39.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMinonk-Numerous large tree limbs blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMinonk-A few large branches were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMinonk-Semi trailer blown over at I-39 mile marker 27. Power lines down along IL-251
June 2002Flash FloodMinonk-Almost 5 inches of rain fell in Minonk in a short amount of time. It caused numerous streets and basements in town to be flooded. No injuries were reported.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindMinonk-A semi was blown over by thunderstorm winds on I-39 just west of Minonk. No injuries reported.
March 2023HailMinonk-no account filed
September 2021HailMinonk-no account filed
May 2012HailMinonk-no account filed
July 2003HailMinonk-no account filed
September 2003HailMinonk-no account filed
April 1996HailMinonk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodford County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Woodford4.0 miles12
Spires4.4 miles13
Benson6.0 miles12
Panola8.4 miles12
Roanoke11.4 miles11
El Paso11.4 miles15
Secor12.4 miles14
Washburn13.6 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MinonkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q580033The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413658. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.